Flexible Life Coverage: Universal Policy Guide [2025]

Life insurance is a cornerstone of sound financial planning, providing peace of mind and crucial support for loved ones when they need it most. While term life insurance offers straightforward, temporary protection, many individuals and families seek lifelong coverage with added flexibility. This is where universal life insurance enters the picture. Understanding this powerful financial tool is key, but navigating the options can feel overwhelming. That’s why finding the right guidance is essential.
Welcome to Insurance By Heroes. Founded by a former first responder and military spouse, our agency is built on a foundation of service and trust. Our team comprises dedicated professionals, many with backgrounds in public service themselves. We understand commitment and the importance of looking out for others. As an independent insurance agency, we aren’t tied to any single company. Instead, we work with dozens of top-rated carriers across the nation. This allows us to shop the market extensively, comparing options to find the insurance solutions that truly fit your unique needs and budget. We believe in tailoring coverage, not pushing a one-size-fits-all product. Throughout this guide, we’ll explore the ins and outs of universal life insurance, always keeping in mind that the “best” policy is the one specifically designed for you – something Insurance By Heroes specializes in finding.
What is Universal Life Insurance?
At its core, a universal insurance policy, often shortened to universal policy or simply universal insurance, is a type of permanent life insurance. Unlike term insurance, which covers you for a specific period (like 10, 20, or 30 years), permanent insurance like universal life is designed to provide coverage for your entire lifetime, as long as premiums are paid and the policy remains in force.
The defining characteristic of universal life (UL) insurance is its flexibility. This “universal” nature typically manifests in three key areas:
- Flexible Premiums: Within certain limits set by the policy and the IRS, you can often adjust the amount and frequency of your premium payments. You might pay a minimum premium to keep the coverage active, a target premium designed to build cash value steadily, or even maximum premiums to accelerate cash value growth.
- Adjustable Death Benefit: Depending on the policy and your insurability, you may be able to increase or decrease the death benefit amount to match changing life circumstances. Increases usually require proving insurability, while decreases might be simpler.
- Cash Value Accumulation: A portion of your premium payments goes into a cash value account within the policy. This account grows over time on a tax-deferred basis, meaning you don’t pay taxes on the gains as they accumulate. The growth rate depends on the specific type of universal life policy.
This combination of lifelong protection and flexibility makes a universal insurance plan an attractive option for various long-term financial goals. However, this flexibility also introduces complexity, making expert guidance crucial.
How Does a Universal Insurance Policy Work?
Understanding the mechanics of a universal policy insurance plan helps clarify its benefits and potential pitfalls. When you pay a premium, the insurance company typically does the following:
- Deducts Fees and Charges: Various expenses are taken out first. These can include administrative fees, surrender charges (especially in early policy years), and the cost of insurance (COI).
- Covers the Cost of Insurance (COI): This is the actual expense of providing the life insurance protection (the death benefit). The COI is based on factors like your age, health, and the net amount at risk for the insurer (the difference between the death benefit and the cash value). It’s important to note that the COI generally increases as you get older.
- Credits the Remainder to Cash Value: Whatever is left after fees and the COI is added to your policy’s cash value account.
- Credits Interest/Gains: The cash value account then earns interest or potential gains based on the type of UL policy. This growth is tax-deferred.
The flexibility in premiums directly impacts this process. Paying only the minimum premium might cover just the fees and the current COI, leading to little or no cash value growth. If the COI increases significantly over time (as it naturally does with age), a minimum premium strategy could eventually cause the policy’s cash value to deplete, potentially leading to a policy lapse if not addressed. Paying target or higher premiums helps ensure the COI is covered and contributes meaningfully to cash value growth.
Another key feature is accessing the cash value. Policyholders can typically:
- Take Policy Loans: You can borrow against your cash value, usually without credit checks. Loans accrue interest, and outstanding loan balances plus interest will reduce the death benefit paid if you pass away before repaying them. Unpaid loan interest can also potentially cause a policy lapse if it leads to the loan balance exceeding the cash value.
- Make Withdrawals: You can withdraw funds directly from the cash value. Withdrawals up to your basis (the total amount of premiums paid) are generally tax-free. Withdrawals exceeding your basis may be taxed as ordinary income. Withdrawals will reduce both the cash value and the death benefit.
Finally, universal life policies usually offer two main death benefit options:
- Option A (Level Death Benefit): The death benefit remains level. As the cash value grows, the net amount at risk for the insurance company decreases. This typically results in a lower COI compared to Option B, allowing more premium to potentially go towards cash value growth.
- Option B (Increasing Death Benefit): The death benefit is equal to the specified face amount *plus* the accumulated cash value. This results in a higher total payout but also means the net amount at risk stays higher, leading to a higher COI charge compared to Option A.
Navigating these mechanics – premium levels, COI charges, cash value growth, loan provisions, and death benefit options – highlights why working with experienced universal insurance agents is so important. At Insurance By Heroes, we don’t just present options; we explain how they work and help you model different scenarios based on your goals, leveraging policies from a wide array of carriers to find the best structural fit.
Types of Universal Life Insurance
The term “universal life insurance” encompasses several variations, each with different ways the cash value grows and different levels of risk and guarantees. Understanding these is crucial because the wrong type can derail your financial goals.
Guaranteed Universal Life (GUL)
Often considered the simplest form, GUL focuses on providing a guaranteed death benefit for life (or up to a specific advanced age like 90, 95, 100, or even 121), provided specific premiums are paid on time. It typically offers minimal cash value accumulation compared to other UL types. Think of it as offering the permanence of whole life with premium flexibility closer to term, sometimes called “term-for-life.”
- Best for: Individuals primarily seeking affordable, guaranteed lifelong death benefit protection with little interest in maximizing cash value growth.
Indexed Universal Life (IUL)
In an IUL policy, cash value growth is linked to the performance of a stock market index, such as the S&P 500 or Nasdaq-100. However, your money isn’t directly invested in the market. Instead, the insurance company credits interest based on the index’s performance, usually subject to:
- Cap Rate: The maximum rate of interest your cash value can be credited in a given period, even if the index performs better.
- Floor Rate: The minimum interest rate credited, often 0%, protecting your cash value from direct market losses (though policy fees and COI charges still apply).
- Participation Rate: The percentage of the index’s gain used to calculate the interest credited (e.g., an 80% participation rate means you get 80% of the index’s gain, up to the cap).
IUL offers the potential for higher returns than fixed-interest options but is more complex due to these moving parts.
- Best for: Individuals comfortable with potential fluctuations tied to market indexes, seeking higher growth potential than GUL or fixed UL, but with downside protection (the floor). Requires understanding policy illustrations and index crediting strategies.
Variable Universal Life (VUL)
VUL policies allow you to invest your cash value directly into various investment sub-accounts, similar to mutual funds, chosen by the policyholder. These sub-accounts hold stocks, bonds, or other assets. VUL offers the highest potential for cash value growth but also carries direct market risk. If the chosen investments perform poorly, the cash value can decrease, potentially significantly. Due to the investment component, VUL policies are regulated as securities and require a prospectus.
- Best for: Individuals with a higher risk tolerance and investment knowledge, seeking the maximum potential for tax-deferred growth and comfortable with the possibility of investment losses impacting their cash value and potentially requiring higher premiums to maintain coverage.
Important Consideration: Choosing the right type of universal insurance is deeply personal. A GUL policy might be perfect for someone prioritizing guarantees, while an IUL or VUL might appeal to someone focused on growth potential. Critically, not every carrier offers every type, and the features (caps, floors, participation rates, investment options, fees) vary widely between companies. This is a core reason why working with an independent agency like Insurance By Heroes is so beneficial. We aren’t limited to one company’s lineup. We compare GUL, IUL, and VUL options from dozens of carriers, explaining the trade-offs and helping you select the policy structure and provider that align precisely with your risk tolerance and financial objectives. Our public service background instills a duty to serve your best interests, not push a specific product type.
Universal Life vs. Term Life Insurance
A common point of confusion is the difference between universal life and term life insurance. Some people might even search for “universal term insurance,” perhaps thinking universal life is a type of term product due to its flexibility. It’s crucial to clarify: Universal life is permanent insurance, fundamentally different from term insurance.
Here’s a breakdown of the key differences:
Term Life Insurance
- Coverage Duration: Temporary, for a specific term (e.g., 10, 20, 30 years). Coverage ends when the term expires unless renewed (often at much higher rates) or converted.
- Premiums: Typically level for the chosen term. Generally lower initial cost compared to permanent insurance for the same death benefit.
- Cash Value: No cash value component. It’s pure insurance protection.
- Flexibility: Generally low flexibility. Premiums are fixed, and the death benefit is usually level.
- Primary Purpose: To cover temporary needs, such as income replacement during working years, mortgage protection, or covering children’s education costs if a parent dies prematurely.
Universal Life Insurance
- Coverage Duration: Permanent, designed to last your entire lifetime, as long as the policy stays in force.
- Premiums: Flexible, within policy limits. Generally higher initial cost than term insurance, but potentially more cost-effective over the very long term.
- Cash Value: Includes a cash value component that grows tax-deferred and can be accessed via loans or withdrawals.
- Flexibility: High flexibility regarding premium payments and potentially the death benefit amount.
- Primary Purpose: To provide lifelong death benefit protection, supplement retirement income, estate planning, legacy creation, or cover long-term financial goals.
Which is Better? Neither is inherently “better”; they serve different purposes. Term insurance is often ideal for covering large, temporary obligations affordably. Universal life is suited for long-term needs where permanence, flexibility, and cash value accumulation are desired.
Making the right choice depends entirely on your individual circumstances, budget, and goals. Do you need coverage for 20 years while the kids are young, or do you need protection that will definitely be there no matter when you pass away? Are you interested in using life insurance as a potential cash accumulation tool? Answering these questions is the first step. Insurance By Heroes can help you analyze your needs and compare term and universal life quotes from numerous carriers, ensuring you understand the pros and cons of each approach before making a decision.
Universal Life vs. Whole Life Insurance
Both universal life (UL) and whole life (WL) are types of permanent life insurance offering lifelong coverage and cash value accumulation. However, they differ significantly in their structure, guarantees, and flexibility.
Whole Life Insurance
- Premiums: Fixed and level throughout the life of the policy. You know exactly what you need to pay and when.
- Death Benefit: Guaranteed and level (though dividends can potentially increase it).
- Cash Value Growth: Guaranteed growth at a minimum rate specified in the policy. Many WL policies are issued by mutual insurance companies and may also earn non-guaranteed dividends, which can be used to increase cash value, increase the death benefit, or reduce premiums.
- Flexibility: Generally low flexibility. Premiums and death benefit are fixed (aside from dividend impact).
- Guarantees: High level of guarantees regarding premiums, death benefit, and cash value growth (minimum rate).
Universal Life Insurance
- Premiums: Flexible, allowing you to adjust payment amounts and frequency within limits.
- Death Benefit: Can often be adjusted (increases may require new underwriting).
- Cash Value Growth: Growth depends on the type of UL (fixed interest rate, index performance for IUL, sub-account performance for VUL). Guarantees vary; GUL offers guaranteed death benefit with minimal cash value focus, while IUL/VUL growth potential is tied to market factors and may have fewer guarantees than WL.
- Flexibility: High flexibility regarding premiums and potentially the death benefit.
- Guarantees: Level of guarantees varies by UL type. GUL has strong death benefit guarantees. IUL often has a 0% floor guarantee against market loss but no guaranteed upside. VUL has minimal guarantees on cash value growth.
The Key Trade-off: Generally, the choice between WL and UL comes down to **Guarantees vs. Flexibility**. Whole life offers strong guarantees but little flexibility. Universal life offers significant flexibility but potentially fewer guarantees (depending on the specific type and how it’s managed).
Again, the “best” choice isn’t universal. Someone prioritizing predictability and guarantees might lean towards whole life. Someone valuing the ability to adjust payments or seeking potentially higher (though non-guaranteed) cash value growth might prefer universal life. Because Insurance By Heroes works with dozens of carriers, many of whom offer both whole life and various universal life options, we can provide unbiased comparisons tailored to your preferences for guarantees, flexibility, and growth potential.
Pros and Cons of Universal Life Insurance
Like any financial product, universal life insurance has distinct advantages and disadvantages. A balanced understanding is crucial before deciding if it’s the right fit for your financial strategy.
Pros of Universal Life Insurance
- Flexibility: This is the hallmark benefit. The ability to adjust premium payments and potentially the death benefit allows the policy to adapt to changing financial situations or needs over a lifetime.
- Permanent Coverage: Designed to last your entire life, providing a death benefit no matter when you pass away (as long as the policy remains in force). This is crucial for estate planning or leaving a legacy.
- Tax-Deferred Cash Value Growth: The cash value component grows without being taxed annually. This allows for potentially faster accumulation compared to taxable accounts.
- Access to Cash Value: You can access the accumulated cash value through tax-advantaged loans or withdrawals, providing a source of funds for emergencies, opportunities, or retirement income supplementation (though this impacts the death benefit and policy performance).
- Potential for Higher Returns: Depending on the type (IUL or VUL), there’s potential for cash value growth linked to market performance, possibly exceeding the fixed rates offered by whole life or traditional fixed UL.
Cons of Universal Life Insurance
- Complexity: The flexibility and different crediting methods (especially in IUL and VUL) make UL policies more complex to understand and manage than term or whole life insurance.
- Potential for Policy Lapse: The flexibility in premiums is a double-edged sword. Consistently paying only the minimum premium, especially as the internal cost of insurance (COI) rises with age, can deplete the cash value and cause the policy to lapse unintentionally, leaving you without coverage.
- Rising Cost of Insurance (COI): The underlying cost to insure your life increases as you get older. While this is true for all life insurance, in UL policies, this rising cost is explicitly deducted from your premium payments or cash value, impacting policy performance, especially if premiums aren’t sufficient.
- Fees and Charges: UL policies have various internal fees, including premium load charges, administrative fees, COI charges, surrender charges (in early years), and potential fees for riders or investment management (in VUL). These charges impact net cash value growth.
- Market Risk (IUL/VUL): Indexed and Variable UL cash value growth depends on market performance. IUL has caps limiting upside and floors (often 0%) limiting downside, but poor index performance means low growth. VUL involves direct investment risk where cash value can decline significantly.
- Requires Active Management: Unlike “set-it-and-forget-it” term or whole life, UL policies, especially IUL and VUL, often benefit from periodic reviews and potential adjustments to premium payments based on policy performance and changing goals.
Addressing the “Universal Lie”
The keyword “universal lie” sometimes surfaces in discussions about UL insurance. This often refers to potential misrepresentations or misunderstandings associated with these policies. Common issues include:
- Misleading Illustrations: Policy illustrations project future values based on non-guaranteed assumptions (like high average interest rates for IUL/VUL). If these assumptions aren’t met, the policy may significantly underperform expectations and could require much higher premiums later to stay in force. The “lie” is presenting these projections as guarantees.
- The Minimum Premium Trap: Suggesting that paying only the minimum premium will keep the policy active indefinitely without clearly explaining how rising COI charges can eventually cause the policy to lapse.
- Ignoring Fees: Downplaying the impact of internal fees and charges on actual cash value accumulation.
Transparency and understanding are the antidotes. It’s vital to review illustrations carefully, understand the guaranteed elements versus the non-guaranteed projections, and stress-test scenarios with lower performance assumptions. This is where trustworthy guidance is invaluable. At Insurance By Heroes, transparency is paramount. We believe our background in public service reinforces our commitment to ethical advice. We help clients dissect illustrations, understand the guarantees and risks, and compare policies based on realistic expectations, ensuring you grasp both the potential and the pitfalls before committing.
Who Needs a Universal Insurance Plan?
A universal insurance plan isn’t necessary for everyone, but it can be a powerful tool for individuals and families with specific long-term financial objectives. Consider if you fall into one of these categories:
- Seeking Lifelong Coverage with Flexibility: If you need life insurance that won’t expire and want the ability to adjust payments as your income or expenses change over time, UL is a strong contender.
- Wanting to Build Tax-Advantaged Cash Value: If you’ve already maxed out traditional retirement accounts (like 401(k)s and IRAs) and are looking for another vehicle for tax-deferred accumulation, the cash value component of UL can be attractive.
- High-Net-Worth Individuals Focused on Estate Planning: UL can provide liquidity to pay estate taxes, ensuring assets can be passed to heirs intact without forced sales. The death benefit is generally income-tax-free.
- Business Owners Planning for Succession: UL policies can fund buy-sell agreements, ensuring a smooth transition of business ownership if a partner or key owner passes away. They can also be used for key person insurance to protect the business against the financial loss resulting from the death of a critical employee.
- Anticipating Future Income or Need Fluctuations: If you expect your income to increase significantly later, allowing for higher premium payments, or if you foresee needing to lower payments during certain periods, the flexibility of UL can accommodate these changes.
- Desiring Supplemental Retirement Income: Properly funded UL policies can allow for tax-advantaged loans or withdrawals from the cash value during retirement, supplementing other income sources (though this reduces the death benefit).
Determining if your specific situation warrants a universal insurance policy requires a careful analysis of your goals, time horizon, risk tolerance, and overall financial picture. It’s not just about needing life insurance; it’s about whether the specific features of UL align with your long-term strategy. This is precisely the kind of personalized assessment Insurance By Heroes provides. We take the time to understand your circumstances and then leverage our access to dozens of carriers to see if a UL policy makes sense and, if so, which specific product offers the best value and features for you.
Finding the Right Universal Insurance Policy
Once you’ve determined that a universal life policy might be suitable, the next step is finding the *right* one. This involves more than just getting a basic universal insurance quote; it requires careful comparison and due diligence.
Key Factors to Consider:
- Insurance Carrier Financial Strength: Since UL is a long-term contract, you want assurance the insurer will be around to pay the claim decades from now. Look for companies with high ratings from independent agencies like A.M. Best (A, A+, A++ are generally considered strong), Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s, and Fitch.
- Policy Features and Guarantees: Compare the specifics. For GUL, how long is the death benefit guaranteed? For IUL, what are the cap, floor, and participation rates? What indexes are available? For VUL, what are the sub-account options and their expense ratios? What are the guaranteed minimum interest rates, if any?
- Fees and Charges: Understand the fee structure. Compare premium loads, administrative fees, cost of insurance (COI) charges, surrender charges, and any rider costs. Lower fees mean more of your premium works for you.
- Policy Illustrations: Request and carefully compare illustrations from different carriers. Pay close attention to both the guaranteed and non-guaranteed columns. Ask your agent to show projections based on different (including lower) interest rate or market performance assumptions. Don’t be swayed by overly optimistic non-guaranteed projections.
- Riders: Consider available riders (optional add-ons) that can enhance the policy, such as accelerated death benefit riders (for chronic/terminal illness), waiver of premium riders (if you become disabled), or term insurance riders for additional temporary coverage.
The Crucial Role of an Independent Agent
Navigating these factors across multiple insurance companies can be daunting. This is where working with an independent agency like Insurance By Heroes truly shines. Why?
- Access to Multiple Carriers: We aren’t captive to one company. We work with dozens of insurers, including potentially comparing policies from specific entities like `the members insurance company and universal insurance company` if relevant to your situation, alongside many others. This broad access allows us to find competitive pricing and features you might miss otherwise. Searching generic sites like `universal insurance com` (referring perhaps to a specific carrier’s portal) gives you only one view; we provide a market-wide perspective.
- Objective Advice: Our loyalty is to you, our client, not to any single insurance company. Our goal is to find the best fit for your needs, drawing on our experience and commitment to service – values deeply rooted in our team’s public service backgrounds.
- Tailored Solutions: We don’t believe in cookie-cutter answers. We analyze your specific situation and tailor recommendations, explaining the pros and cons of different UL types (GUL, IUL, VUL) and specific policy designs from various carriers.
- Expertise in Comparison: We know how to compare complex UL policies effectively, looking beyond the surface-level quote to analyze internal costs, guarantees, and illustration assumptions.
Finding the right universal insurance policy requires expertise and market access. Insurance By Heroes provides both, ensuring you make an informed decision based on comprehensive comparisons.
Understanding Policy Illustrations
A universal life insurance illustration is a projection of how your policy *might* perform over time based on certain assumptions. It is NOT a guarantee of future results (except for the columns specifically labeled “guaranteed”). Understanding illustrations is critical to setting realistic expectations.
Key Components of an Illustration:
- Input Assumptions: Shows the planned premium payments, your age, health rating, and the assumed interest crediting rate (for fixed or IUL) or investment return rate (for VUL) used in the non-guaranteed projections.
- Guaranteed Values: This column shows the policy’s performance based *only* on the minimum guarantees specified in the contract (e.g., minimum interest rate, maximum charges). This often depicts a worst-case scenario where the policy might lapse early if only minimum premiums are paid.
- Non-Guaranteed Values (Mid-Point/Current Assumptions): This column projects performance based on current (or assumed average) interest rates, COI charges, and fees. **This is the column most often emphasized, but it is not guaranteed.**
- Premiums: Shows the planned premium outlay year by year.
- Cash Value: Projects the growth of the cash value account under both guaranteed and non-guaranteed assumptions. Pay attention to the surrender value, which may be lower than the cash value in early years due to surrender charges.
- Death Benefit: Shows the projected death benefit amount over time under both sets of assumptions.
- Expenses/Charges: While not always explicitly broken down year-by-year in the main ledger, the underlying COI and administrative charges impact the cash value growth shown.
Tips for Reviewing Illustrations:
- Focus on Guarantees First: Understand the minimum performance you can expect.
- Question Non-Guaranteed Assumptions: Are the projected interest rates or returns realistic and sustainable over decades? Ask for illustrations run at lower assumed rates to see how the policy might perform under less favorable conditions (stress testing).
- Compare Apples-to-Apples: When comparing illustrations from different companies, ensure they use the same premium outlay, death benefit amount, and health rating. Ask your agent to request illustrations with similar assumed rates of return for a fairer comparison.
- Understand the Impact of Loans/Withdrawals: Standard illustrations usually don’t show the impact of taking policy loans or withdrawals. If accessing cash value is part of your plan, ask for supplemental illustrations showing how this might affect long-term performance and the death benefit.
Policy illustrations are complex documents. The team at Insurance By Heroes is adept at interpreting these projections, explaining the differences between guaranteed and non-guaranteed elements, and helping you compare illustrations from multiple carriers clearly and objectively. We ensure you understand what you are buying.
Managing Your Universal Policy Over Time
Buying a universal life insurance policy is just the first step. Because of its flexible nature and the impact of factors like COI charges and interest crediting, managing your policy over time is crucial to ensure it continues to meet your needs and performs as expected.
Key Management Activities:
- Periodic Reviews: Plan to review your policy annually or at least every few years with your agent. Major life events (marriage, birth of a child, job change, retirement) should also trigger a review.
- Monitor Performance: Check your annual policy statements. How is the cash value actually growing compared to the initial illustration? Are the current interest crediting rates or charges aligning with what was projected?
- Adjust Premiums Appropriately: Based on policy performance and your financial goals, you may need or want to adjust your premium payments. If cash value growth is lagging, higher premiums might be needed to keep the policy on track, especially as COI increases. Conversely, if performance is strong, you might have flexibility.
- Re-evaluate Needs: Does the death benefit amount still align with your family’s or business’s needs? Have your goals for the cash value changed?
- Understand Statements: Learn to read your annual policy statements, which show current cash values, death benefits, premiums paid, costs deducted, and any loan activity.
Think of managing your my universal insurance policy as akin to managing other long-term investments. It requires periodic attention to stay optimized. Insurance By Heroes believes in building long-term relationships. We don’t just disappear after the sale. We’re here to help you conduct periodic reviews, understand your policy statements, and make informed decisions about managing your coverage effectively over the decades to come.
Take Control of Your Financial Future
Universal life insurance offers a unique combination of lifelong protection, cash value growth potential, and valuable flexibility. Whether it’s a Guaranteed UL for reliable, permanent coverage, an Indexed UL balancing growth potential with protection, or a Variable UL for those comfortable with market risk, a universal insurance policy can be a powerful component of a comprehensive financial plan.
However, its complexity and the significant differences between policy types and carriers underscore the need for careful consideration and expert guidance. The potential pitfalls, sometimes dubbed the “universal lie,” often stem from misunderstanding illustrations or the impact of minimum funding. Transparency and a client-first approach are key.
This is where Insurance By Heroes makes a difference. As an independent agency founded by a former first responder and military spouse, and staffed by professionals with similar backgrounds in public service, we bring a unique perspective grounded in trust, duty, and commitment. We leverage our independence to shop the market extensively, comparing options from dozens of top-rated carriers to find the universal insurance solution tailored specifically to your needs, budget, and risk tolerance.
Are you ready to explore how a flexible, permanent life insurance policy could fit into your financial future? Let the dedicated team at Insurance By Heroes help you navigate the options with clarity and confidence.
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